Starting on Monday, a total of 2,594 small-scale fever clinics in community health centers across Shanghai started to treat patients amid sharp rise of COVID-19 cases.
The fever clinics are being set up to better provide medical services to residents, as more people are expected to return home with the approach of the Lunar New Year holiday.
The Omicron-fueled outbreaks have strained the supply of fever and cold medicines at pharmacies in cities including Beijing and Shanghai as people stock up on such drugs. It also created winding lines of fever patients at hospitals though many are patients exhibiting just mild symptoms hoping to get some medications.